I re-watched Inception last month and I remember how popular the Arther/Eames ship was awhile ago, so I figured I'd give it a go. I've pretty much been obsessed ever since. There are some awesome fics in this fandom and here are my favorites!

This is a list of all of my Inception Canon Recs aka fics that generally take place in the canon world. Click HERE to get to my non-canon Inception fic recs!

In the Content/Warnings section of each entry I have different tags, so if you are looking for something specific (like "established relationship" for example) just ctrl+f and enter your tag and it should highlight the relevant entries!

♥ = favorite

updated June 16, 2020

Arthur/Eames

Title: Bed Head
Author: toomuchplor
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1,084
Content/Notes: established relationship, barebacking, bottom!arthur
Summary: It's only fair given the way Arthur is after sex in the evenings, the puppy-wriggle of him, how he insists on talking Eames' ear off when Eames is two half-snores away from nothingness; Arthur sitting up against the headboard in his tiny orange pants with his iPad on his knee blasting dance remixes; Arthur with pinch-marks livid on his skin and dried saliva on his nipples and far too many observations about whatever he's finding on buzzfeed.
Gorgeous writing in this one and some sweet and sexy morning sex.

Title: Fucking Machine
Author: jibrailis
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1,611
Content/Notes: established relationship, fucking machine, sex toys, bottom!arthur, inception kink fest
Summary: Eames wants Arthur to use a fucking machine
Fucking machines are so hot and this fic was perfection.

Title: That's Why I'm Easy
Author: five_ht
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 1,615
Content/Notes: established relationship, bondage, bottom!arthur
Summary: Sleepy, domestic morning sex. With handcuffs.
Pretty much what it says on the tin. Super hot and basically my perfect Arthur/Eames dynamic.

Title: Two Rounds, Wear Me Out
Author: five_ht
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,160
Content/Notes: established relationship, dirty talk, bottom!arthur, rimming, barebacking, rough sex, mentions of fisting, mentions of somnophilia
Summary: Prompt: Most of the time, Arthur is controlled, sharp, professional, and badass. The best at what he does. But as soon as he gets to the bedroom he turns into a total slut, open and willing to do anything, submissive and eager to please. Eames is turned on by the fact that he's the only one who gets to see Arthur like this.
God yes. Arthur just desperate for it and Eames is more than willing to oblige him.

Title: Undone
Author: tailoredshirt
Pairing: Eames/Arthur
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: ~2,200
Content/Warnings: rough sex, table!sex, bottom!arthur, partially clothed sex
Summary: Suit porn, straight up. Arthur takes Eames to his tailor.
Crazy hot fic with suited-up Eames fucking Arthur rough over a table.

Title: twitter porn doesn't deserve a title
Author: Aja
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,398
Content/Notes: office!sex, desk!sex
Summary: Eames tells eager, subby little Arthur exactly how he'll take it. And then shows him.
This is pretty much the hottest thing ever. That is all.

Title: Fill
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,472
Content/Notes: hung!eames, bottom!arthur, inception kink fest
Summary: Eames has a 12 inch monster cock. Arthur: "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED."
Holy shit, hung!eames is just crazy hot, especialy when Arthur is just desperate for it.

Title: Swallow
Author: weatherfront
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,482
Content/Notes: mind altering substance: alcohol, drunk!sex, barebacking, semi public!sex, bottom!arthur
Summary: Arthur is a very slutty drunk fic.
I really do love drunk!sex fics and slutty, dirty talking Arthur and helplessly aroused Eames was the best.

Title: The Future is X-Rated
Author: Renne
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,758
Content/Notes: barebacking, bottom!arthur
Summary: In which Arthur gets an unexpected return visitor and things take a turn for the sexy.
Super hot PWP with a dripping wet Eames and Arthur pretty much just attacking him.

Title: Thing Goes Here
Author: Anonymous
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,817
Content/Notes: established relationship, sex toys, bottom!arthur, inception kink meme
Summary: Eames convinces Arthur that it would be really hot if Arthur had a dildo/buttplug/vibrator in him all day, and Arthur reluctantly agrees. Only to realise he's more sensitive than he thought.
Jesus this was just crazy freaking hot. Loved the dynamic here.

Title: Kiss with a Fist
Author: cmonkatiekatie
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 2,959
Content/Notes: hate!sex, bottom!arthur
Summary: kink meme prompt: Hatefucking doggie-style unexpectedly turns into lovemaking when they turn face to face and see how they make each other feel, halfway through the act.
Hate!sex AND sweet sex? Yes, please!!

Title: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Author: cherryvanilla
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,101
Content/Notes: established relationship, size!kink, bottom!arthur, dream!sex
Summary: "I need you to hurry up now cause I can't wait much longer." Or, gratuitous size kink.
Arthur's fantasy is crazy hot and surprisingly sweet.

Title: Put Out
Author: the_ragnarok
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,124
Content/Notes: dirty talk, sex toys, rough sex, bathroom!sex, bottom!arthur, semi public!sex
Summary: There was a note on Arthur's desk earlier today, featuring a time, an address, and a rather careless drawing of a fire extinguisher. The address wasn't anywhere Arthur knew and the writing was unfamiliar. It was the fire extinguisher that signified what this meant.
God I just love when butt plugs are used after being fucked to keep the come inside...super hot pwp.

Title: Don't Think About Elephants
Author: earlgreytea68
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 3,192
Content/Notes: implied bottom!arthur
Summary: IO, during the watch party today, speculated on whether Cobb had to drive around in Yusuf's dream picking everyone up. Somehow, this is what came of that.
Such a funny and sexy and silly little thing!

Title: Forbidden Fruit
Author: ladyvader
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,277
Content/Notes: light dub-con, face-fucking
Summary: Arthur’s NOT gay – he just REALLY wants to suck Eames off.
Super hot blowjob. Seriously.

Title: 16 Going on 30
Author: foxxcub
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,346
Content/Notes: underage, first time, bottom!arthur, age difference, inception kink fest
Summary: Some new formula causes Arthur to turn into a sixteen-year-old. He's overwhelmed with hormones and completely horny all the time. Eames feels like a dirty old man because OMG IT IS KIND OF HOT, but tries to keep business as usual. And then Yusuf suggests Arthur will have to lose his virginity in order to turn back into an adult. Well, Eames isn't comfortable with Arthur having sex "for the first time" WITH RANDOM DUDES, so he graciously volunteers.
Crazy hot and I love how the age difference kink (one of my favs) was worked into the canon verse!

Title: Whether We Dance
Author: the_moonmoth
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,346
Content/Notes: rimming, felching, bottom!arthur
Summary: "I want you to fuck off somewhere else so that I can enjoy my evening," Arthur said, but didn't move away from where Eames had wrapped a hand around one hip.
God this was just really, crazy, freaking hot! Casual hook-up with potential for more.

Title: A Delicate Art
Author: earlgreytea68
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 3,363
Summary: Four shots of tequila is all it takes to get Arthur drunk.
Such an adorable fic! Drunk Arthur is always a treat, and I really just loved the characterizations here.

Title: Between a Knot and a Hard Place
Author: recrudescence
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,441
Content/Notes: AU: Omega!Verse, alpha/beta/omega dynamics, established relationship, omega!arthur, alpha!eames, bottom!arthur, knotting, heat cycles, inception kink
Summary: The perils of fucking on the job. Inspired by a kink meme prompt that called for knotting and awkwardness.
God this was just crazy hot and super sweet.

Title: Hello, I Love You, Won't You Tell Me Your Name
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,628
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur
Summary: Many people, Eames would find out later, assumed Eames had wanted Arthur from the moment they'd met. It was true Arthur was devestatingly attractive, but in all honesty, the first thing Eames had thought when he'd met Arthur was, Why did Cobb bring his son? (Or: It's all about trust.)
Sweet and sexy fic that covers their first meeting and then the Fisher job and what happens after.

Title: You Could Bench Press Me
Author: lezzerlee
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 3,647
Content/Notes: established relationship, rimming, size kink, felching, bottom!arthur, gym!sex
Summary: Eames works out. Arthur tries to distract him.
I honestly think there needs to be more fics with work outs ending in porn. Crazy freaking hot, so many of my kinks here!

Title: Magpies
Author: theskywasblue
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4,551
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur
Summary: "What would happen if I ran out of reasons to keep you coming back?"
Lovely and sweet and really not at all as angsty as I was worried it would be from the summary.

Title: Seventeen
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4,684
Content/Notes: role play, car!sex, bottom!arthur
Summary: For the kink meme prompt: For a job, Arthur has to go undercover at an all-boys' boarding school, which means he has to wear a uniform. (This being Arthur, he has it tailored, of course). Sometimes, he heads straight to wherever the team's headquarter are after classes to continue research.
Super hot role play- loved the student uniform kink!

Title: All's Fair
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4,960
Content/Notes: rimming, bottom!arthur
Summary: Arthur can always find Eames, and Eames needs to know if Arthur wants him just as badly.
Funny and so in-character and crazy hot.

Title: Spitfire (Yours to Shake)
Author: riverlight
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 5,243
Content/Warnings: light D/s, dream!sex, inception reverse bang 2014
Summary: “All right, that’s it,” Eames says, slapping the file shut and shoving back his chair. “I’ve had enough. Fucking or fighting, Arthur, your choice.”
Great fic with Eames convincing Arthur to blow off some steam during a job, which leads to fighting which leads to sexy times! :D

Title: Not Necessarily the Best Policy
Author: five_ht
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 5,279
Content/Notes: dirty talk, truth serum, bottom!arthur, rough sex, implied bondage, implied daddy!kink, secret relationship, inception kink fest 2.0
Summary: Arthur has a lot of feelings, mostly about Eames' penis. Yusuf's accidental truth drug helpfully illuminates them.
This was lovely and sweet and dead sexy. You know how I love my dirty talk and the truth serum really encouraged some inspired talking.

Title: Iron Man
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 5,755
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur
Summary: Eames shows up at the next job with twenty extra pounds of muscle. This can only lead to smut.
Funny and believable and really hot.

Title: body frail, been to jail
Author: recrudescence
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 6,207
Content/Notes: rimming, dirty talk, tattoo!kink, bottom!arthur
Summary: It was all going so well until Eames took a bullet in a bar fight, fired back, and promptly took another.
This came about thanks to platina, who wanted Arthur with a tramp stamp.
Loved the slight reversal of the tattoo kink in this one and the sex really was ridiculously hot!

Title: The One Where Eames Plays With Arthur's Ass
Author: 1lostone
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 6,766
Content/Notes: spanking, rimming, light D/s, light bondage, dirty talk, bottom!arthur
Summary: Eames just wants Arthur to admit one tiny, insignificant thing.
Jesus this was just crazy hot with a more dominant Eames and a gorgeously desperate Arthur.

Title: Jamais Vu
Author: thehoyden
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 6,774
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur
Summary: "I'm not sure what this is supposed to prove," Arthur temporizes.
Interesting and sweet fic set in the canon verse where Yusef is trying to develop a serum that will make the dreamer more maleable, and Arthur volunteers as guinea pig.

Title: I Want Your Psycho
Author: toomuchplor
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 7,135
Content/Notes: rimming, bottom!arthur, beard!kink, public!sex
Summary: Eames would gladly welcome comparisons to other dashing bearded men, but Eames rarely gets what he wants when it comes to Arthur.
Loved the beard!kink in this one and it was surprisingly low on the angst-factor, which is a nice change of pace from a lot of arthur/eames fics.

Title: Divide By Two
Author: cthonical
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 7,223
Content/Notes: AU: Omega!Verse, alpha/beta/omega dynamics, established relationship, MPREG, omega!arthur, alpha!eames, bottom!arthur, knotting, heat cycles
Summary: Alpha/Omega-verse. They're on the run, snowed in, and Arthur's in heat. Nothing ever did go easy for them, but they'll make it work. They always do.
Loved the situation in this one and the MPREG was sweet.

Title: (This kind of Thing) Only Happens in my Dreams
Author: 1lostone
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 7,365
Content/Notes: size!kink, i_reversebang 2016
Summary: None of this would have happened if Eames would have just shown him the fucking tattoos.
Super hot fic with Arthur being obsessed with Eames and his tattoos, and deciding to PASIV Eames out of his system. Which, of course, doesn't go quite according to plan--not that Arthur ends up minding!

Title: How Do You Talk to a Point Man
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 7,796
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur
Summary: After all this time, Arthur has too much pride to simply ask Eames to have sex with him. A story in which the job isn't always glamourous, Cobb thinks Arthur makes poor life decisions, and Eames steals everything (including, maybe, Arthur's heart).
Definitely not at all of dub-cony as the summary/prompt makes it sound. Super hot with an adorably awkward Arthur.

Title: Any Eventuality
Author: Starlingthefool
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 8,049
Content/Warnings: BDSM, D/s, dom!arthur, sub!eames, bottom!arthur, bondage, belting, inception reverse bang
Summary: People assume that Eames likes to be in perfect control of everything: how he presents himself to the world, how others see him, how an extraction goes down. That's true, mostly. Sometimes. The reality is more complicated. A story in which Eames is a sub who doesn't like to be penetrated, and Arthur is a dom that really, really does.
Really sexy fic with a fabulous dynamic between Arthur and Eames. I loved the twist on the D/s role here.

Title: The Sweetest Downfall
Author: toomuchplor
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 8,363
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur, tattoo!kink
Summary: Eames had long since thought of Arthur’s hair as permanently gelled into obedience. He’d had no earthly idea how – how wanton it could be, curving and wet at the tips and softening Arthur’s whole face.
Loved Eames' obsession with Arthur's hair and Arthur's characterization especially was great. Plus, some smoking' sex.

Title: Counting Down to Another Day
Author: recrudescence
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 12,801
Content/Notes: switching, bottom!eames, bottom!arthur, dream holiday 2011
Summary: It’s not that he trusts Eames completely or anything that ridiculous. It’s just that they’ve worked together before, know each other more than peripherally, and it’s sometimes good to have a familiar face around while Cobb goes even more off the rails and off the grid.
Wonderful pre-canon fic with a slow simmering build and a sweet, hopeful ending.

Title: and the doors are open
Author: gunsandbutter
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames, brief Eames/OC
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 14,880
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur, love potion
Summary: “Yusuf,” she says, dangerously, “did you give my point man a love potion?”
Oh this is gorgeous! Arthur and Eames are perfect here and I love the "love potion" trope!

Title: Don't Fall in Love Series (2 Fics)
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 23,943
Content/Notes: mile high club, airplane!sex, bottom!arthur
Summary: Arthur joins the mile high club, Cobb joins the broken hearts club, Eames joins the smug extractors' club, and Yusuf just wants to club everyone. Or, Eames steals Cobb's point man. // Sequel to Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer. Cobb needs a place to crash; Eames is unhappy.
Sweet and funny and dead sexy. Relatively light disc with a lovely relationship between Arthur and Eames and a great Cobb on the side.

Title: this just might hurt a little
Author: gunsandbutter
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames, past Arthur/OMC
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 24,056
Content/Notes: D/s, dom!eames, sub!arthur, bottom!arthur, aftercare, praise!kink, past abusive D/s relationship (not A/E)
Summary: You'll never know what you're missing till you try.
Hot and believable D/s fic. Really liked how the trust and their relationship evolved, especially with Arthur's previously bad experiences.

Title: Satan Take The Wheel / Fall Like Lightning Down From Heaven
Author: blue_fish
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames, Cobb/Mal
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 25,382
Content/Notes: BDSM, D/s, bottom!arthur, implied switching, dom!eames, sub!arthur, sex toys, light bondage, blindfolds, flogging, electricity play, inception kink
Summary: In part one, Eames forges Satan, and carries hints of this over topside. Arthur gets caught up in it, leading to a d/s scene that both unexpectedly enjoy, though feel guilty about afterwards. In the second part, Arthur comes back for more.
Really interesting concept of Eames' forges staying with him for a bit after a job, and it leads to some super hot D/s and some great relationship development between Arthur and Eames.

*NEW: 6/16/2020*
Title: Last drinks for the patron saint of bleeding hearts
Author: pushdragon
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 32,865
Summary: Never again, they tell him. Eames can never go down into another dream, unless he wants to stay there forever. He does his best to walk away.
Wonderful fic with Arthur putting Eames down into a dream without realizing the consequences and then doing whatever he can to fix it. Fabulous characterizations, the concept was super interesting and well done, and the whole build was just great.

Title: The Material Life of the Californian Suburb
Author: eleveninches
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 35,756
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur, inception big bang 2012
Summary: Arthur seduces Eames into good.
This fic takes place before, during, and after the movie with such a lovely spin on their relationship. Practically angst-free with awesome lesbian!Ariadne and the whole gang slowly getting out of the illegal Dreamshare business. Adorable and sweet with some super hot sexy times.

Title: Pavlov's Bell Series (5 Fics)
Author: Whisky
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 64,700
Content/Notes: creature!fic, werewolf!eames, catboy!arthur, knotting, mates, MPREG, rimming, felching, heat cycles, first time
Summary: It doesn't surprise Arthur when he hears, eventually, that they've developed a reputation for fighting like cats and dogs—since, in a sense, they are those things. AKA, the verse where catboys and werewolves collide.
I honestly haven't read very many catboy fics in any fandom that I've really loved, but this one was great, especially with the addition of werewolf!eames and all the sexy differences and animosity turned love.

♥ Title: Inception: Origins 'verse (Military Backstory) (4 Fics)
Author: laceymcbain
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit overall
Word Count: 67,113 total
Content/Notes: dirty talk, bottom!arthur, road trip
Summary: Exploring Arthur and Eames' backstory in the military where they each lead an elite unit in the dream-sharing trials. The Powers That Be would prefer to keep the participants in the dark, but Arthur and Eames find each other, fall in love, and change dream-sharing forever.
God I really just love this verse and I wish I had so much more of it! I really loved the interpretation of how Arthur and Eames could have originally met, and how their relationship progressed. Seriously such a fantastic connection between them here and a great mix of pre and post canon. The OC's are really great and the sex is crazy hot! :D

♥ Title: Wherever You Will Be (That's Where I'll Call Home) [The DomesticVerse] (8 Fics)
Author: gyzym
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Yusuf
Rating: Explicit Overall
Word Count: 74,828 total
Content/Notes: bottom!arthur, dirty talk, rimming, car!sex
Summary: People you kiss in an airport baggage claim and then don't talk to for thirteen months shouldn't be able to exist, let alone make your chest do the things Arthur's chest is doing. There are rules.
God this series is just my favorite. So happy and lovely and sexy and I just had the biggest smile on my face while reading it. Their relationship is just so freaking beautiful and really loved how present the rest of the team was.

Title: Lucky Series (7 Fics)
Author: earlgreytea68
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 80,785 total
Content/Notes: kid!fic
Summary: Arthur finds a baby.
Super sweet series with Arthur and Eames finding an abandoned baby after a job-gone-wrong and taking her under their wing. Just a really adorable read.

♥ Title: Keep the Car Running Series (5 Fics)
Author: earlgreytea68
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames, Sherlock/John, John/Mary, implied Mycroft/Lestrade
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 226,879 total
Content/Notes: AU: Crossover, Sherlock crossover, implied bottom!arthur
Summary: If Mycroft Holmes lived in a world where people could steal information from the subconsciouses of others, tell me he wouldn't be all over that when he had Moriarty in custody.
Super fascinating and well crafted verse that crosses over the Inception and Sherlock fandoms. The world blending is masterfully done, and it all feels very natural and believable. On top of that, we get a wonderfully interesting and creepy premise, and fabulous characterizations. Arthur and Eames are particularly spectacular here. The first fic focuses on Arthur/Eames with some John/Sherlock pre-slash action. The fourth fic focuses on Sherlock/John (with some established Arthur/Eames) and I really loved how the season three events were incorporated. I really recommend reading them in order, as there are definitely a lot of references back to the first fic. There's a super satisfying epilogue fic for Arthur/Eames, and I believe there is a Sherlock/John one coming as well, though the series reads beautifully as is. This entry was originally posted here on Dreamwidth. Please comment there using OpenID